Salt Lake Tribune | 1914-02-19 | Page 11 | French is Again Released on Bond

FRENCH IS H IELESSED1 BO! Expected Immediate Hearing on Extradition Will Be Held by Governor. . Special to The Tribune PIIOEN'IX. Ariz-, Feb. IS. Pending the arrival of an officer from Salt Lake, armed with a requisition for the extradition extradi-tion of C. 'W. French, he was today released re-leased on 1000 bonds furnished by State Senator Hubholl and Charles Babbitt of l-lagstaff. Unofficially the matter has been brohclu to the attention of Governor Hunt. Attorney 'Fisher is said U bo on his way hero from Flagstaff prepared to go hffore governor JIunt when the requisition requisi-tion shall have boon jirought here. Chief of Polico Ioorc today received -i loiter from Assistant County Attorney N. O. Morgan of Salt Lakr dated at Los Angeles, saying he, had recently succeeded suc-ceeded In necurlng the. honoring of n requisition for th'o extradition of French from Governor Johnson, but that Krcnch had departed lWoro ho could be reached in CallfornlH. He urged that no pains be spared to keep French in custody, as ho believed he would attempt to cross Into Mexico If givpn an opportunity, and that It would then be practically impossible to secure extradition- Despite the fact that French allowed It to be known recently that he represented capitalists with Jntcronln aggregating a hundred million dollars and that he expected ex-pected shortly to begin extensive development devel-opment of Arizona mineral lands as a part of tho work of the Pacific Steel company, no person nay yet been found here who has In any way been connected with him in tho proposed deals. Word reached tho county attorney yesterday yes-terday that Kronch had been released on ?1000 bond firvcd by a magistrate at Flagstaff. Flag-staff. Ariz Tim attorney Immediately wlrid to his assistant, X. C. Morgan, who arrived at Phoenix last night, instructing him to take steps immediately to have the amount of the bond Increased.